Pterocarpus marsupium Roxb.
- Family: Fabaceae
- Vernacular names: Venga, വേങ്ങ (Malayalam), Indian kino tree (English), Asana (Sanskrit), Vengai (Tamil)
- Distribution: India and Sri Lanka
- Description: Medium trees. Leaves imparipinnate, alternate. Flowers bisexual, yellow, in terminal and axillary panicles. Fruit a pod, orbicular-reniform, broadly winged; seed one, sub reniform.
- Habit: Tree
- Habitat: Moist deciduous forests, also in the plains
- Flowering & Fruiting: September-October
- Parts used: Bark and heartwood
- Properties & Uses: Anti-inflammatory, anti-rheumatic and anthelmintic. A well-known drug for the treatment of skin diseases and diabetes. It is also used for the treatment of inflammations, rheumatism, fractures, fever, wounds, dysentery, itches, leucoderma and toothache.
- Systems of Medicines: Ayurveda, Folk, Unani, Homeo,
- Traditional Uses:The exudates is used in various skin diseases in children.
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